Luke Bills on Liberty Mutual’s Agent Strategy, AI and the Safeco Brand 

• May 6, 2026

On this episode of Agency Nation Radio, Will Jones, editor-in-chief of Independent Agent magazine, interviews Luke Bills, president of independent agent distribution at Liberty Mutual. 

They discuss the retirement of the Safeco brand and what the shift to a single Liberty Mutual brand means for independent agents. They also dig into how carriers and agencies can stay aligned through change, where the market may be headed over the next few years, and how technology and AI can reduce friction in day-to-day workflows—without adding yet another disconnected tool. 

“Everything that agents have come to love and know about Safeco is staying the same,” Bills says. “Our people are not changing, the products don’t change, and certainly, our long-term commitment to the channel does not change.”  

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